Argument Explanation Complementarity and the Structure of Informal Reasoning

Authors

  • Gregory Randolph Mayes California State University Sacramento

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v30i1.419

Keywords:

Keywords, argument, evidence, explanation, cause, complementarity, editorial.

Abstract

Abstract: Argument and explanation are distinct forms of reasoning with an underappreciated complementary relationship. In this essay I define these terms precisely, identify the mischief that results from conflating them, elucidate their complementary relationship and employ this relationship to provide a fruitful approach to analyzing the logical structure of the common editorial. Keywords: argument, evidence, explanation, cause, complementarity, editorial.

Author Biography

Gregory Randolph Mayes, California State University Sacramento

Associate Professor Department of Philosophy

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Published

2010-03-19

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 1 (2010)

Section

Teaching Supplement

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